in Grammar, that part of orthography which teaches the true manner of resolving words into their syllables.

All words are either simple or compound, as war, disuse; done, undone; and the rules for dividing each must be such as are derived from the analogy of language in general, or from the established custom of speaking; which, for the English language, are reduced to the following rules:

1. A consonant between two vowels must be joined with the latter in spelling, as nature, verily, necesse; except, however, the letter s, which is joined to the first, as in flex-en, ox-en, &c. and compound words, as in up-on, un-used, &c.

2. A double consonant must be divided, as in letter, man-ner, &c.

3. Those consonants which can begin a word, must not be parted in spelling, as in defraud, re-prove, distinct; however, this rule is found sometimes to fail; for though gn begins a word, as gnaw, gnat, &c. yet it must be divided in spelling, as in cognizance, malignity, &c.

4. Those consonants which cannot begin a word must be divided, as ld in seldom, it in multitude, mp in temper, rd in ardent; but in final syllables there are exceptions, as tl in title, dl in handle, &c.

5. When two vowels come together, and are both of them distinctly sounded, they must be separated in spelling, as in co-eval, mu-tu-al, &c.

6. The grammatical terminations or endings must be separated in spelling, as ed in wing-ed, est in de-li-ver-edst, ing in hear-ing, ance in de-li-ver-ance, &c.

7. Compound words must be resolved into their simple or component words, as up-on, in-to, ne-ver-the-less, not-with-standing, &c.